The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-05
Miscellaneous Notes,

The st. Louis Kansas City & Colorado COM
pany has ordered fifty construction cars of the
st. Charles ear works, st. Charles, Mo-, and sew
eral heavy locomotives of an Eastern concern.
The Buffalo, Rochester g. Pittsburg has given
orders for 800 new coal cars and 800 box cars. Of
these 200 will be built at Harrisburg, Pa 200 ut
Lafayette, Ind, 100 at Buffalo, N. Y, and 100
at Berwick, Pa. Another order for 500 cars is
about to be given The box cars are to be
equipped with thu Wagner car-door.
Boston Advertiser Ever since the lease of
the Central Pacific to the Southern Pacific COM
pany mot the Southern Pacific railroad) in
March, 1885, the Central seemed to be mere
orphan, disowned by it's parents in California
and by its kin, the Union Pacific. The Union
Pacific and the Central Pacific together consti-
tuted the first line across the continent and still
form the most direct road from the national cap
ital to San Francisco. The interests of the
country demand the operation of these two roads
as one line.
In commenting on the last plan for the reor-
ganlzation of the Philadelphia q Reading, the
Philadelphia Times says: Reading creditor
must see that the time for hesitation or cussed-
ness is Low very short, and they should make
what hay they can while the sun shines. The
first of March will bring them all up standing to
face either amicable reorganization or adverse
foreclosure, and they have three paths open to
them They can accept the original syndicate
plan, or the plan of the new syndicate of bond
holders, foreclosure by the courts. It is fort
| innate for creditors of all classes that they are
finally compelled to decide what they will do;
| and now that they must decide, let them adopt
the Davy Crockett rule of being sure they are
right and then go ahead"
Germanys roads are under government con.
troll The budget presented by Herr Won Schalz
| shows that the railroad receipts for the fiscal
| year exceed the expenses by 90 1000 900 marks
| equivalent to about So. 900 000 Germany's ex
| periments in ralroading would seem to indicate
| the possibility or government ownership of rail
| roads, and are in decided contrast to the French
operations in the same line. We believe the
! French railroads under governmental direction
| did not pay at ALL but there many and di
verse elements which go to make up failure oil
| success that the reasons for Germanys making
| profit where France suffered loss could not bs
| determined without exact knowledge of the
methods of operation aud the character Of those
in immediate charge of them.
| The Philadelphia Inquirer says that there j.
| no longer any doubt as TO the report being true
| that the Corbn people have been large purchasers
| of the Jersey Central stock. The Inquirer adds
| Mt has been alleged that Baltimore & Ohio wa:
| included in the deal, but recent indications give
color to the superstition that it is the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company that is the silent part
ner in the transaction. Under which king. MIR
| Garrett or MR. Roberts, is Jersey Central to b,
| ruled2 That is the interesting question of thu
| moment. One thing may be regarded as Ger
tain, namely, if the Baltimore & Ohio is not in
! Guided in the arrangement for the control o.
| Jersey Central then the Garrett interest hal
| been left out in the cold worse than when Penn
| sylvania bought the Philadelphia. Wilmington
e. Baltimore.